Producer-compiler Bob Stanley’s last couple of compilations for Ace have placed him squarely within the 1970s. Earlier this year, Saint Etienne Present Songs for the Fountain Coffee Room (compiled by Stanley, Sarah Cracknell, and Pete Wiggs) conjured “the soundtrack for a bar in mid-’70s Los Angeles,” or a St. Etienne-style spin on “yacht rock” with Stephen Bishop, Ned Doheny, Boz Scaggs, and Seals and Crofts among those featured. Stanley has followed Fountain Coffee Room up with a trip to a more specific time and place. Over 20 songs both familiar and unknown, 76…
Release Round-Up: Week of October 11
Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Steve Miller Band, Welcome to the Vault (Sailor/Capitol/UMe) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Welcome To The Vault is the first-ever Steve Miller Band rarities collection. The 3CD/DVD box set features 52 songs that span Miller’s career, including 38 previously unreleased recordings and 5 never-before-heard songs. With demos, rehearsal takes, newly unearthed compositions, classic concert recordings, and more, Miller has dived into the vaults with a celebratory collection that’s bound to please any fan. The DVD is also a treasure trove of rarities, featuring…
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Call Him The Space Cowboy: Steve Miller Band’s Live “Joker” Gets Wide Release From Edsel
The Edsel label has recently continued its association with the catalogue of the Steve Miller Band with the first wide release of 2014’s The Joker – Live in Concert. Miller commented in 2014 of the release, “When several friends and colleagues reminded me that it was the 40th birthday of the Joker album, I smiled–and started playing the whole album’s songs live again. And at the end of the last tour realized we had a great new record that we wanted to share with our fans. We hope you like it as…
